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Estwing
Feb 13, 2014 21:43:59 GMT -7
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Post by USCGME2 on Feb 13, 2014 21:43:59 GMT -7
Anyone own any Estwing hatchets or field axes? I have an Estwing claw hammer with the blue rubber handle and its nearly indestructable. Wonder how good the axes are?  www.estwing.com/axes_outdoor.php |
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Estwing
Feb 14, 2014 5:40:33 GMT -7
Post by insaneh on Feb 14, 2014 5:40:33 GMT -7
No axes or hatchets. I agree, one of the best hammers out there.
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Estwing
Feb 14, 2014 5:49:44 GMT -7
Post by crashdive123 on Feb 14, 2014 5:49:44 GMT -7
I've used the Estwing hatchet and camp axe. Like them both.
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Post by geron on Feb 14, 2014 6:13:13 GMT -7
I have Eastwing axe and hatched. USA made and they do the job. Never used them that much.
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Post by insaneh on Feb 14, 2014 6:27:09 GMT -7
I have Eastwing axe and hatched. USA made and they do the job. Never used them that much. Adding it to the list! You all remember the list? The one that ought to be sticky?  |
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Estwing
Feb 14, 2014 6:38:36 GMT -7
Post by geron on Feb 14, 2014 6:38:36 GMT -7
I have Eastwing axe and hatched. USA made and they do the job. Never used them that much. Adding it to the list! You all remember the list? The one that ought to be sticky? What list? |
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Post by insaneh on Feb 14, 2014 7:00:49 GMT -7
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Post by mud on Feb 14, 2014 7:05:17 GMT -7
Have a hammer and hatchet the latter a gift from thywar and they have been great tools
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Estwing
Feb 14, 2014 7:57:41 GMT -7
Post by garret on Feb 14, 2014 7:57:41 GMT -7
had an estwing hatchet back in the uk (present from my father) but had to leave it behind when i moved to aus, excellent steel and held its edge well, it took me a little while to get the sharpening right on it (my problem not the estwing) but once i had got my eye in it was my go to camp/hunting tool, that and a good sharp knife and i was set
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Post by Redneckidokie on Feb 14, 2014 21:26:46 GMT -7
I have the hatchet with leather handle that I got at the Camp David retreat, as one of our gift, trade,exchange thingies. It has been great. It has been grand son tested at our deer site. By the end of summer all it needed was a minor file touch up and then honed, some oil on the handle and good as new. I love the all metal handle and head. Maybe not the worlds best metal but plenty good for a worker. Best of all, it was FREE!!! Wooohoooo.  |
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Estwing
Feb 15, 2014 5:40:47 GMT -7
Post by graf on Feb 15, 2014 5:40:47 GMT -7
I have 2 of the leather handled camp axes with 30 years on them, the mid size blue axe is my favorite, longer handle gives better results yet not to long to pack. Last summer purchased the tomohawk www.estwing.com/ao_black_eagle_tomahawk_black.php I like it as well. The spear tip side of the hawk doesn't come sharp, I left it that way and use for digging Dakota Fire pits, harvesting roots, recently breaking long ice from the roof. In my opinion a estwing is an investment. |
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Estwing
Feb 15, 2014 8:38:36 GMT -7
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Post by USCGME2 on Feb 15, 2014 8:38:36 GMT -7
Anyone got input on the steel in them?
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Estwing
Feb 15, 2014 8:48:11 GMT -7
Post by missasip on Feb 15, 2014 8:48:11 GMT -7
I have the hatchet with leather handle that I got at the Camp David retreat, as one of our gift, trade,exchange thingies. It has been great. It has been grand son tested at our deer site. By the end of summer all it needed was a minor file touch up and then honed, some oil on the handle and good as new. I love the all metal handle and head. Maybe not the worlds best metal but plenty good for a worker. Best of all, it was FREE!!! Wooohoooo. Yep I got the hachet too from Camp David! Still unused at this point. Jimmy |
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Estwing
Mar 14, 2014 19:05:04 GMT -7
Post by wy21lmb on Mar 14, 2014 19:05:04 GMT -7
3 Estwing blue handle carpenters hammers, love them. 3 2 pound drilling hammers. 2 hatchets. I used to use the hatchets a lot for camping and staking mining claims, same with the 2# hammers. One leather handle hatchet was inherited from a guy that claimed he carried it in the Pacific campaign in WW2. To me the Estwing hatchets' haft, style, ease of use are the best I have ever had the chance to use. Have several other hatchets that are only good for use as clumsy hammers.
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Estwing
Jul 24, 2014 15:14:20 GMT -7
Post by walter2 on Jul 24, 2014 15:14:20 GMT -7
I like a wood handle on any striking tool,absorbs impact so you can work longer.
Imagine if your car had no suspension while driving on a bumpy road.
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